Hemmings Auto Blog

1949 Crosley Hotshot. Photos courtesy Bonhams Auctions. To be clear, the recipe used to craft the Crosley Hotshot was a familiar one, even when the diminutive roadster debuted on the U.S. market for the 1949 model year. Instead of adding a bigger engine to increase power, or reshaping the body Read more

Taylor Aerocar III at the Museum of Flight in Seattle. Photo by JimCollaborator. In 1973, when a reporter asked longtime Ford spokesman Eugene Koch about the AVE Mizar, the flying car built from a Ford Pinto that eventually – and literally – crashed and burned, Koch called it an interesting Read more

We’ve seen this photo of Chicago’s Rush Street, taken from an old postcard, all over the Internet, and for good reason: Aside from the wonderful neon (and, for us, the excellent carspotting), many of these clubs and juke joints hosted some of the most famous acts of their day, including Read more

One reason to appreciate imperfect old cars is that by examining their weaknesses, we can make the rest of our cars stronger. Examine, for instance, this 1964 Pontiac Bonneville for sale on Hemmings.com. An admittedly imperfect car, we can see where little things tend to fall apart, like the dash Read more

National Automobile Museum’s Chrysler Newport. Photo by J Brew. While many, if not most, concept cars over the years were little more than a pretty face mocked up to generate interest at car shows, Chrysler tended to build concept cars that were fully capable of driving off show platforms and Read more

Bill Elliott. Photo courtesy NASCAR Hall of Fame. Twenty nominees make up the list of potential 2015 inductees into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, including five new hopefuls announced just before this weekend’s Daytona 500. Additions to the list of eligible candidates include two-time Winston Cup champion Terry Read more

Photo courtesy National Corvette Museum. When a sinkhole opened up beneath the National Corvette Museum’s Skydome on February 12, no one knew what the future held for the eight Corvettes lost, or for the Skydome structure itself. In the weeks since, the museum has confirmed the safety of the Skydome Read more

The AVE Mizar in August 1973. Photo by Doug Duncan. With at least a couple years of development and successful flights behind him, Hank Smolinski began looking for a way to market his so-called flying Pinto. So-called because that’s exactly what it was: a Pinto that flew with the help Read more

Apparently from the same batch of slides that Impounded recently bought at auction, this overhead photo appears to depict a New York City parking lot, circa 1969. It could be a car ferry as well, but with the cars all facing different directions, that’s probably not as likely. What do Read more

While the seller has a couple other lightweight Galaxies for sale – including the Norristown Ford Galaxie and the Romy-Hammes Galaxie – this 1963 Ford Galaxie lightweight for sale on Hemmings.com may be far more interesting, with just 3,000 4,237 miles on the odometer. It likely would have been far Read more